[ltp] Linux for old Thinkpads: Slackware? Vector? (etc.)

[Alex Wenzel]

> From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org
> [mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org]On Behalf Of Jim Harvey
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:50 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] Linux for old Thinkpads: Slackware? Vector? Zenwalk?
> Something else?
>
> I have Vector 5.1 up on a 770E, mostly using the Fluxbox/ROX desktop.
> Performance is acceptable and it makes a fine E-Mail/Browser Christmas
> present machine for my wife.  It took a couple of months to sort out
> problems with Wireless (Microsoft MN-520 card), sound, and getting the
> darn fan to come on but I don't think those problems were Slackware
> specific.

I really dislike ROX and certainly can't explain Fluxbox to the person I'm
going to give the machine(s) to. I'll probably take IceWM (which I use
myself, although I'll probably also try something else now) for all its
Windows-likeness. If only I knew a good desktop other than ROX/Gnome/KDE.
One that holds real files (i.e. represents some kind of real folder, like in
Windows or Mac), not only "Pointers" to files/apps. Any ideas?

> I also tried a Knoppix hard drive install, Ubuntu, and SuSE 10 with less
> than satisfactory results on the 2.5 G root and 2 G /home partitions I
> set up.

With how much memory? As an alternative to Slack-something, I was actually
thinking about Knoppix (because of its hardware-detection).